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Wyckoff Road reconstruction resumes after four years

Wyckoff Road between Route 33 and 34 in Wall-What's going on there? This small but busy connector road between Route 33 and 34 has been under construction since summer 2010. It's been interrupted by two storms and put on the back burner while utilities were busy restroing power. But Monmouth County officials say construction work has resumed and barring a hat trick of storms, should be finished by the end of the year.

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What's Going On There? Readers asked what was happening with the long delayed work on Wyckoff Road between Routes 33 and 34 in Wall. It's been under constriction for four years.

WALL – Pity the drivers who have to use Wyckoff Road between Routes 33 and 34 and travel over its bumpy, rolling pavement. They've been waiting four years for a reconstruction project that started in summer 2010 to be completed.

Several Alternate Route readers asked about the status of the short road, which connects the two state highways and is used as a short cut to get to Shafto Road.

Monmouth County officials blamed hurricane Irene and superstorm Sandy for slamming the brakes on work by utility companies to move poles and underground gas lines to allow road work to be completed.

"It's behind schedule," said Laura Kirkpatrick, spokeswoman for Monmouth County. "It started in summer 2010. The work began and there were utility issues relocating gas and electric lines."

Then in August 2011, hurricane Irene hit and utility companies were forced to stop work on Wyckoff Road and work on storm-related problems, she said.

"Some utility work was done in between (Irene and Sandy), but not the work needed," Kirkpatrick said. "Then Sandy hit, which further delayed things."

But the crews are back and the tentative completion date is the end of 2014.

"Weather permitting," Kirkpatrick said, a little nervously.

The $2.75 million project will repave Wycoff Road, upgrade the traffic light at the intersection with Route 33 and replace a jughandle from Route 33 east, which had an insufficient radius that couldn't handle the traffic volume, Kirpatrick said. The jughandle will be replaced with a dedicated left turn lane at the intersection of Route 33 and Wycoff Road.

"The purpose of the project is improving the operation and safety at Wyckoff Road and Route 33, specifically to remove the jughandle and replace it with a dedicated left turn lane," Kirkpatrick said. "That intersection will be widened to accommodate traffic from the same number of lanes, it will just be wider to improve access in the intersection."

That intersection gets a lot of truck traffic traveling to the county reclamation center on Shafto Road, however county officials didn't have traffic volume statistics.

A new traffic signal will be installed on Wyckoff Road where a Wawa gas station and convenience store and office park are located. It is being funded by developer contributions, Kirkpatrick said.

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